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Paterson, NJ

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161,793 people (2025) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Paterson, NJ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$55,997
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$41,360 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.4%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
69.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
29.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.2%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
26.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
7.6%
Jul 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
9.5% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
26.1%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
31.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
796 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 14%
relative change
931 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
34.1%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
37.2% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
14 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
15 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Paterson, NJ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
407 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
516 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
58.2%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
69.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,135 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
2,380 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
19.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
17.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
56.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
57.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
26.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
26.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
11.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.0%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
158,735
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
145,710 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$426,126
Aug 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
$398,481 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$536,737
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$512,235 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
27.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
54.0%
2020-24
high
vs peers
54.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime fell about 14% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 796 in July 2026, down from 931 a year earlier.
Bright spot 796 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Lakewood, CO 203 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
Bridgeport, CT 222 (Jul 26) -27.8% 2nd
Charleston, SC 252 (Jul 26) -20.1% 3rd
Alexandria, VA 134 (Jul 26) -17.3% 4th
Mesquite, TX 384 (Jul 26) -16.3% 5th
Fort Collins, CO 259 (Jun 26) -15.8% 6th
Paterson, NJ 796 (Jul 26) -14.5% 7th
Sunnyvale, CA 183 (Jul 26) -11.7% 8th
Corona, CA 227 (Jul 26) -8.7% 9th
Roseville, CA 185 (Jul 26) -4.9% 10th
McAllen, TX 128 (Jul 26) -4.5% 11th
Killeen, TX 493 (Feb 26) -4.1% 12th
Oceanside, CA 416 (Jul 26) +1.3% 13th
Springfield, MO 1,239 (Jul 26) +1.5% 14th
Hayward, CA 453 (Jul 26) +3.0% 15th
Murfreesboro, TN 450 (Jul 26) +5.0% 16th
Springfield, MA 929 (Jun 26) +7.6% 17th
Denton, TX 208 (Jun 26) +13.1% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Property crime rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,135 in July 2026, down from 2,380 a year earlier.
Needs attention 2,135 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lakewood, CO 1,334 (Mar 26) -72.5% 1st
Alexandria, VA 1,508 (Jul 26) -30.0% 2nd
Murfreesboro, TN 1,280 (Jul 26) -29.0% 3rd
Fort Collins, CO 1,591 (Jun 26) -22.3% 4th
Roseville, CA 1,058 (Jul 26) -22.1% 5th
McAllen, TX 1,334 (Jul 26) -18.8% 6th
Bridgeport, CT 1,160 (Jul 26) -18.7% 7th
Charleston, SC 1,488 (Jul 26) -16.6% 8th
Corona, CA 1,403 (Jul 26) -16.3% 9th
Mesquite, TX 2,144 (Jul 26) -12.3% 10th
Oceanside, CA 1,486 (Jul 26) -10.6% 11th
Paterson, NJ 2,135 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
Springfield, MA 2,398 (Jun 26) -10.2% 13th
Sunnyvale, CA 1,730 (Jul 26) -8.4% 14th
Springfield, MO 3,879 (Jul 26) -5.0% 15th
Hayward, CA 2,746 (Jul 26) -2.7% 16th
Denton, TX 1,777 (Jun 26) +3.5% 17th
Killeen, TX 1,576 (Feb 26) +10.0% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides fell about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 14 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 15 in the prior 12 months. That is 9 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 14 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Hayward, CA 1 (Jul 26) -81.9% 1st
Roseville, CA 1 (Jul 26) -66.6% 2nd
Oceanside, CA 2 (Jul 26) -57.2% 3rd
Springfield, MA 6 (Jun 26) -44.5% 4th
Lakewood, CO 2 (Jul 26) -25.1% 5th
Bridgeport, CT 5 (Jul 26) -22.2% 6th
Mesquite, TX 5 (Jul 26) -20.0% 7th
Denton, TX 2 (Jun 26) -20.0% 8th
Killeen, TX 12 (Feb 26) -13.9% 9th
Charleston, SC 5 (Jul 26) -11.2% 10th
Paterson, NJ 9 (Jul 26) -6.7% 11th
Sunnyvale, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Springfield, MO 5 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Fort Collins, CO 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 14th
Murfreesboro, TN 3 (Jul 26) +66.9% 15th
Corona, CA 3 (Jul 26) +67.0% 16th
Alexandria, VA 1 (Jul 26) +99.2% 17th
McAllen, TX 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 35% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 407 in July 2026, down from 516 a year earlier.
Needs attention 407 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lakewood, CO 193 (Mar 26) -73.5% 1st
McAllen, TX 15 (Jul 26) -58.5% 2nd
Corona, CA 117 (Jul 26) -47.8% 3rd
Murfreesboro, TN 85 (Jul 26) -44.9% 4th
Fort Collins, CO 109 (Jun 26) -37.5% 5th
Sunnyvale, CA 174 (Jul 26) -29.3% 6th
Roseville, CA 66 (Jul 26) -29.0% 7th
Alexandria, VA 120 (Jul 26) -25.3% 8th
Springfield, MA 427 (Jun 26) -25.0% 9th
Charleston, SC 131 (Jul 26) -22.3% 10th
Mesquite, TX 368 (Jul 26) -21.7% 11th
Paterson, NJ 407 (Jul 26) -21.2% 12th
Killeen, TX 232 (Feb 26) -18.9% 13th
Bridgeport, CT 343 (Jul 26) -18.6% 14th
Hayward, CA 742 (Jul 26) -16.8% 15th
Oceanside, CA 121 (Jul 26) -15.5% 16th
Springfield, MO 422 (Jul 26) -6.0% 17th
Denton, TX 174 (Jun 26) +7.6% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,360 to $55,997 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,813).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($33,964 to $55,997).
Bright spot $55,997
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $103,556 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 13th +49% 1st 12% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 17th +48% 2nd on par with peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 3rd 102% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 22nd +37% 4th 24% below peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 27th +35% 5th 32% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 10th +35% 6th 13% above peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 14th +35% 7th 10% above peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 9th +34% 8th 20% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 5th +34% 9th 46% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 30th +34% 10th 40% below peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 11th 36% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 12th +33% 12th 13% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 13th 128% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 26th +32% 14th 30% below peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 23rd +32% 15th 25% below peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 11th +31% 16th 13% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 7th +31% 17th 39% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 8th +30% 18th 34% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 16th +30% 19th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 18th +29% 20th 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 15th +29% 21st 4% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 19th +27% 22nd 7% below peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 6th +26% 23rd 39% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 25th +26% 24th 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 20th +25% 25th 11% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 29th +24% 26th 37% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 21st +24% 27th 18% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 28th 90% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 24th +23% 29th 25% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 30th 61% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 4th +19% 31st 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,427 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 1.9 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 7.6% in July 2026, down from 9.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 7.6%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.4% (Jul 26) -1.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Paterson, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 29th -1.9pp 1st 69% above peers
Palmdale, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 24th -1.5pp 2nd 33% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 27th -1.0pp 3rd 58% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Charleston, SC 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 5th 29% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 7th 2% below peers
Salinas, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 8th 40% above peers
Corona, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Kansas City, KS 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 11% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 22% below peers
Roseville, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Oceanside, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 31% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 15th 4% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 16th 31% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Alexandria, VA 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th +0.0pp 18th 29% below peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 19th 11% below peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 30th +0.0pp 20th 78% above peers
Denton, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 22nd 18% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.1pp 23rd 16% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.2pp 24th 18% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 25th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 27th 33% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 28th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 29th 4% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 28th +1.6pp 30th 62% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.6% to 21.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.4% to 21.2%).
Bright spot 21.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 9.7% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 9th -5.8pp 1st 36% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.9% 4th -2.5pp 2nd 57% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.6% 18th -6.2pp 3rd 14% above peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 6th -2.4pp 4th 42% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.2% 28th -5.4pp 5th 56% above peers
Springfield, MO 18.4% 24th -4.5pp 6th 35% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 7th -2.0pp 7th 39% below peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 22nd -3.8pp 8th 17% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.6% 16th -3.2pp 9th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 26th -3.1pp 10th 47% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.3% 14th -1.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 8th -1.1pp 12th 36% below peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 25th -2.2pp 13th 44% above peers
Charleston, SC 12.3% 13th -0.9pp 14th 10% below peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 30th -1.1pp 15th 89% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 16th 59% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 27th -0.8pp 17th 54% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 20th -0.5pp 18th 16% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 29th -0.2pp 19th 81% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 10th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Denton, TX 15.8% 21st +0.2pp 21st 16% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 34.2% 31st +0.3pp 22nd 151% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.7% 19th +0.2pp 23rd 15% above peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 12th +0.2pp 24th 19% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 25th 67% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 15th +0.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 27th 57% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 5th +0.6pp 28th 47% below peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 11th +1.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 17th +2.1pp 30th 8% above peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 23rd +2.7pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.6% to 29.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.4% to 29.4%).
Bright spot 29.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 2nd -11.8pp 1st 69% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 7th -6.2pp 2nd 48% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 11th -7.3pp 3rd 32% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 4th -3.0pp 4th 67% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 5th 79% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 3rd -2.5pp 6th 68% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 17th -7.8pp 7th 5% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 20th -8.1pp 8th 20% above peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 22nd -7.0pp 9th 28% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 13th -4.5pp 10th 16% below peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 26th -8.2pp 11th 74% above peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 19th -4.8pp 12th 14% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 25th -6.4pp 13th 60% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 14th 49% below peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 9th -1.6pp 15th 40% below peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 15th -1.7pp 16th 8% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 17th 113% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 18th 110% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 27th -0.8pp 19th 78% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 14th +0.1pp 20th 14% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 31% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 22nd 206% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 23rd 98% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 12th +1.2pp 24th 23% below peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 10th +1.3pp 25th 32% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 16th +2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 18th +2.6pp 27th 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 21st +3.9pp 28th 25% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 24th +6.1pp 29th 54% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 5th +1.5pp 30th 67% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 8th +3.6pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 20.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.2% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 26.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (62.9% to 89.3%).
Bright spot 89.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 92.9% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 25th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 28th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 26th +13.1pp 3rd 5% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 17th +13.6pp 4th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 21st +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 6th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 29th +10.4pp 8th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 10th 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 24th +9.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 27th +9.2pp 12th 5% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 12th +7.8pp 13th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 11th +7.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 13th +7.3pp 15th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 22nd +5.9pp 16th 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 15th +5.9pp 17th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 7th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 16th +5.7pp 19th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 23rd +5.0pp 20th 2% below peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 5th +5.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 14th +4.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 20th +4.1pp 24th 1% below peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 6th +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 10th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 18th +2.4pp 28th 1% below peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 4th +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.48 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 14th -0.034 1st 3% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 25th -0.026 2nd 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 6th -0.021 3rd 7% below peers
Corona, CA 0.41 5th -0.010 4th 7% below peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 21st -0.008 5th 5% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 27th -0.008 6th 11% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 8th -0.006 7th 6% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 23rd -0.006 8th 7% above peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 7th -0.004 9th 6% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 22nd -0.004 10th 6% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 12th -0.001 11th 4% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 4th -0.001 12th 8% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 11th +0.000 13th 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 31st +0.002 14th 17% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 19th +0.002 15th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 18th +0.003 16th 3% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 2nd +0.003 17th 9% below peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 13th +0.003 18th 4% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 26th +0.005 19th 9% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 15th +0.006 20th 2% below peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 17th +0.009 21st 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 29th +0.010 22nd 14% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 30th +0.015 23rd 14% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 28th +0.018 24th 12% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 25th 6% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 10th +0.017 26th 5% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 20th +0.020 27th 4% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 1st +0.017 28th 9% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 24th +0.022 29th 8% above peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 3rd +0.021 30th 9% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 16th +0.031 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 37.2% to 34.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap rose 4.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (29.4% to 34.1%).
Bright spot 34.1%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 82% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 9th -3.1pp 2nd 47% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 61% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 8th -1.7pp 4th 49% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 16th -2.8pp 5th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 68% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 23rd -2.4pp 7th 31% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 28th -3.1pp 8th 83% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 9th 48% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 20th -1.6pp 10th 10% above peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 29th -3.1pp 11th 159% above peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 12th 175% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 17th -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 22nd -0.2pp 14th 24% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 10th +0.0pp 15th 46% below peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 21st +0.2pp 16th 21% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 14th +0.2pp 17th 20% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 12th +0.3pp 18th 42% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 19th +0.8pp 19th 9% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 27th +1.8pp 20th 68% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 11th +0.6pp 21st 45% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 18th +1.8pp 22nd 5% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 5th +0.8pp 23rd 61% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 15th +1.7pp 24th 17% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 30th +7.7pp 25th 173% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 26th 78% below peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 25th +4.9pp 27th 44% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 13th +2.4pp 28th 36% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 7th +1.6pp 29th 57% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 4th +1.8pp 30th 63% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 24th +8.6pp 31st 33% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $536,737 in August 2026, up from $512,235 a year earlier.
Big move $536,737
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $580,353 (Aug 26) +3.9%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 18th +4.8% 1st 13% below peers
Paterson, NJ $536,737 (Aug 26) 14th +4.8% 2nd 7% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 20th +4.5% 3rd 27% below peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 10th +4.4% 4th 25% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,007,401 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 5th 102% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.3% 6th 39% below peers
Springfield, MO $245,882 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 7th 51% below peers
Kansas City, KS $204,669 (Aug 26) 29th +2.2% 8th 59% below peers
Salinas, CA $748,418 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 9th 50% above peers
Charleston, SC $591,821 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 10th 18% above peers
Oceanside, CA $867,314 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 11th 74% above peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 12th 46% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,994,916 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 13th 299% above peers
Alexandria, VA $666,031 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 14th 33% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 27th +0.5% 15th 54% below peers
Roseville, CA $645,119 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 16th 29% above peers
Palmdale, CA $499,832 (Aug 26) 15th +0.1% 17th on par with peers
Corona, CA $754,203 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 51% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $560,192 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 19th 12% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $426,156 (Aug 26) 19th -0.4% 20th 15% below peers
Lancaster, CA $461,962 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 21st 8% below peers
Killeen, TX $219,533 (Aug 26) 28th -1.1% 22nd 56% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 13th -2.0% 23rd 11% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 17th -2.3% 24th 11% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 25th -2.5% 25th 48% below peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.8% 26th 36% below peers
Denton, TX $346,719 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 27th 31% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 5th -3.2% 28th 64% above peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.9% 29th 184% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 7% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 21% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $426,126 in August 2026, up from $398,481 a year earlier.
Big move $426,126
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $364,618 (Aug 26) +3.8%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Paterson, NJ $426,126 (Aug 26) 9th +6.9% 1st 11% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.2% 2nd 40% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 17th +6.1% 3rd 13% below peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 4th 32% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $804,040 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.9% 5th 110% above peers
Kansas City, KS $140,601 (Aug 26) 29th +3.7% 6th 63% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 12th +3.3% 7th 4% above peers
Springfield, MO $163,323 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 8th 57% below peers
Salinas, CA $626,114 (Aug 26) 5th +1.9% 9th 64% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 10th 58% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 11th 47% below peers
Charleston, SC $394,543 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 12th 3% above peers
Roseville, CA $523,076 (Aug 26) 8th +0.8% 13th 37% above peers
Corona, CA $622,910 (Aug 26) 6th +0.5% 14th 63% above peers
Oceanside, CA $618,888 (Aug 26) 7th +0.1% 15th 62% above peers
Palmdale, CA $418,496 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 16th 9% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $326,985 (Aug 26) 18th -0.2% 17th 15% below peers
Alexandria, VA $394,721 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 18th 3% above peers
Killeen, TX $162,502 (Aug 26) 27th -0.6% 19th 58% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,214,029 (Aug 26) 1st -0.8% 20th 217% above peers
Lancaster, CA $382,507 (Aug 26) 15th -1.0% 21st on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO $408,179 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 24th -2.9% 23rd 46% below peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 4th -2.9% 24th 67% above peers
Denton, TX $268,860 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 25th 30% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 21st -3.7% 26th 37% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.8% 27th 99% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.8% 28th 44% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 16th -4.5% 29th 4% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.1% then, 26.9% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.3% to 26.9%).
Needs attention 26.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 10th +7.4pp 1st 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 24th +5.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 15th +5.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 9th +4.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 5th 11% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 8th +3.7pp 6th 13% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 25th +2.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 5th +3.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 3rd +3.0pp 9th 33% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 12th +2.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 27th +1.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 1st +2.6pp 13th 35% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 4th +2.4pp 14th 25% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 15th 52% below peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 22nd +1.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 29th +1.0pp 17th 23% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 6th +0.9pp 18th 19% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 13th +0.7pp 19th 5% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 18th +0.1pp 20th 6% below peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 16th +0.0pp 21st on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 17th -0.1pp 22nd 5% below peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 14th -0.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 7th -0.3pp 24th 15% above peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 2nd -0.8pp 25th 35% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 21st -0.9pp 26th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 11th -1.4pp 27th 7% above peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 30th -1.1pp 28th 24% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 20th -1.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 28th -1.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 19th -2.1pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,878 in August 2026, up from $1,860 a year earlier.
$1,878
2022August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sunnyvale, CA $3,932 (Aug 26) 1st +8.8% 1st 98% above peers
Salinas, CA $2,501 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 2nd 26% above peers
Kansas City, KS $1,326 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 3rd 33% below peers
Springfield, MO $1,200 (Aug 26) 29th +5.2% 4th 40% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 5th 16% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,312 (Aug 26) 12th +5.0% 6th 16% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 7th 9% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,767 (Aug 26) 4th +4.4% 8th 39% above peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 9th 7% below peers
Corona, CA $2,674 (Aug 26) 6th +3.2% 10th 34% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 7th +3.0% 11th 33% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 12th 15% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 13th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA $2,931 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.6% 14th 47% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,675 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 15th 16% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 16th 42% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,960 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 17th 1% below peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 18th 18% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 19th 36% below peers
Paterson, NJ $1,878 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 20th 6% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,751 (Aug 26) 5th +0.7% 21st 38% above peers
Lancaster, CA $2,420 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 22nd 22% above peers
Roseville, CA $2,569 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 23rd 29% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 21st -0.7% 24th 12% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 25th 26% below peers
Killeen, TX $1,273 (Aug 26) 28th -1.0% 26th 36% below peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 20th -1.3% 27th 10% below peers
Alexandria, VA $2,285 (Aug 26) 14th -1.3% 28th 15% above peers
Denton, TX $1,519 (Aug 26) 24th -2.7% 29th 24% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.3% then, 56.6% now; margin ±3.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.5% to 56.6%).
Needs attention 56.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 36.7% -2.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 20th -5.9pp 1st 7% above peers
Joliet, IL 28.5% 3rd -3.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 6th -2.1pp 3rd 18% below peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 7th -1.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 5th 33% above peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 22nd -1.4pp 6th 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 18th -1.2pp 7th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 26th -1.1pp 8th 17% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 5th -0.7pp 9th 23% below peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 25th -1.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 11th 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 27th -0.8pp 12th 20% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 8th -0.6pp 13th 13% below peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 14th 47% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 23rd -0.3pp 15th 8% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 4th -0.1pp 16th 23% below peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 24th -0.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 16th +0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 11th +0.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 12th +0.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 28th +1.4pp 21st 21% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 13th +1.2pp 22nd 5% below peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 14th +1.9pp 23rd 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 15th +2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 10th +2.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 21st +3.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 27th 38% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 9th +3.1pp 28th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 29th +4.5pp 29th 30% above peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 19th +4.6pp 30th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 17th +4.6pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle fell 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.2% to 26.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Paterson started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.2% to 26.1%).
Bright spot 26.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 21st -2.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 25th -3.2pp 2nd 51% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.0% 9th -1.5pp 3rd 28% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 5th -1.0pp 4th 42% below peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 5th 161% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 6th 275% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 7th -0.9pp 7th 31% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 23rd -0.9pp 8th 29% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 9th 35% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 10th 54% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 50% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 28th -1.0pp 12th 76% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 14th -0.5pp 13th 16% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 14th 62% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 16th 45% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 17th 180% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 16th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 12th -0.1pp 20th 19% below peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 10th +0.0pp 21st 25% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th +0.3pp 22nd 4% above peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 17th +0.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 8th +0.2pp 24th 30% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 19th +1.1pp 25th 1% above peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 27th +2.0pp 26th 64% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 24th +1.7pp 27th 32% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 3rd +0.8pp 28th 47% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 13th +1.4pp 29th 18% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 11th +1.4pp 30th 22% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 18th +1.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.9% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 19.5%).
Needs attention 19.5%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 7.5% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 6.0% 8th -2.1pp 1st 28% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.8% 18th -2.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 65% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 67% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.5% 6th -0.8pp 6th 45% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.7% 10th -0.8pp 7th 19% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 7th -0.6pp 8th 35% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 9th 71% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 16th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 12th -0.7pp 11th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 27th -1.4pp 12th 87% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 13th 49% below peers
Corona, CA 8.4% 17th -0.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 12.3% 20th -0.8pp 15th 48% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.6% 21st -0.8pp 16th 52% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 28th -1.0pp 17th 114% above peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 31st -1.2pp 18th 190% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 4th -0.2pp 19th 54% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 13th -0.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 11th -0.0pp 21st 14% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 19th +0.1pp 22nd 6% above peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 14th +0.2pp 23rd 2% below peers
Denton, TX 15.5% 26th +0.4pp 24th 86% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 30th +0.7pp 25th 159% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 15th +0.3pp 26th 2% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 22nd +0.6pp 27th 64% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 24th +1.2pp 28th 79% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.5% 29th +1.6pp 29th 135% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.3% 25th +3.0pp 30th 85% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 9th +1.4pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 30.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 42% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 42% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 35% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 4th 32% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 5th 27% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 6th 26% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 7th 23% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 8th 19% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 9th 18% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 10th 12% below peers
Alexandria, VA 29.5% 11th 11% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 12th 8% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 13th 6% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 14th 5% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 15th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 16th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 17th 1% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 18th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 19th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 20th 3% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 11% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 23rd 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 24th 17% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 25th 20% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 26th 22% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 27th 26% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 28th 27% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 29th 34% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 30th 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 9.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 9.0%).
Needs attention 9.0%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 10th -2.0pp 1st 33% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 8th -1.2pp 2nd 42% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 5th -1.0pp 3rd 52% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 18th -1.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 7th -0.7pp 5th 45% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 25th -1.9pp 6th 48% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 23rd -1.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 17th -0.7pp 8th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 1st -0.1pp 9th 63% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 26th -0.3pp 10th 52% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 19th -0.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 14th +0.1pp 12th 3% below peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 28th +0.3pp 13th 97% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 21st +0.2pp 14th 11% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 15th +0.2pp 15th 2% below peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 31st +0.8pp 16th 208% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 11th +0.3pp 17th 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 30th +1.4pp 18th 191% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 22nd +0.7pp 19th 27% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 13th +0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 12th +0.6pp 21st 22% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 24th +1.2pp 22nd 44% above peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 29th +2.2pp 23rd 147% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 6th +0.5pp 24th 48% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 27th +1.8pp 25th 90% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 9th +0.7pp 26th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 3rd +0.6pp 27th 56% below peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 28th 55% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 16th +1.7pp 29th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 20th +2.3pp 30th 10% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.1% then, 11.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
86% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 11.8%).
Needs attention 11.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 43.6% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 22nd +4.6pp 1st 30% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 29th +3.1pp 2nd 51% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 13th +6.3pp 3rd 2% above peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 14th +5.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 17th +5.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 15th +5.1pp 6th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 24th +3.1pp 7th 37% below peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 12th +5.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 20th +3.4pp 9th 23% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 18th +4.0pp 10th 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 21st +3.0pp 11th 24% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 26th +2.3pp 12th 40% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 8th +4.4pp 13th 36% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 25th +1.9pp 14th 39% below peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 28th +1.6pp 15th 49% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 27th +1.8pp 16th 41% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 6th +5.2pp 17th 75% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 5th +5.2pp 18th 82% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 10th +3.4pp 19th 29% above peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 23rd +1.7pp 20th 34% below peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 11th +2.9pp 21st 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 23rd 108% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 24th 65% below peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 25th 118% above peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 9th +2.6pp 26th 33% above peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 27th 116% above peers
Alexandria, VA 66.2% 4th +3.1pp 28th 99% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 19th +0.9pp 29th 21% below peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 7th +0.8pp 30th 52% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 10.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.1% to 58.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.1% to 58.2%).
Needs attention 58.2%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 61.6% -3.7pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 18th +11.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 22nd +9.6pp 2nd 15% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 14th +8.7pp 3rd 5% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 2nd +8.3pp 4th 34% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 5th 29% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 13th +5.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 19th +4.7pp 7th 6% below peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 16th +4.3pp 8th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 17th +3.8pp 9th 4% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 8th +3.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 20th -1.0pp 11th 10% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 12th 37% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 23rd -2.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 6th -3.8pp 14th 23% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 12th -4.2pp 15th 6% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 21st -3.8pp 16th 14% below peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 11th -4.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 5th -5.9pp 18th 24% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 19th 33% above peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 15th -6.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 7th -10.9pp 21st 20% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 10th -12.0pp 22nd 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 31st -7.3pp 23rd 46% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 28th -9.6pp 24th 39% below peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 30th -8.9pp 25th 44% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 25th -12.8pp 26th 23% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 9th -19.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 24th -17.6pp 28th 19% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 26th -15.7pp 29th 28% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 29th -12.9pp 30th 43% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 27th -23.1pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 6.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.3% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 5.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 14th -4.9pp 2nd 2% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 12th -2.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 8th -1.7pp 4th 21% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 3rd -0.6pp 5th 65% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 24th -1.9pp 6th 35% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 15th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 10th -0.9pp 8th 13% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 70% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 11th -0.8pp 10th 10% below peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 18th -0.5pp 12th 6% above peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 21st -0.5pp 13th 13% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 26th -0.5pp 14th 40% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 22nd -0.4pp 15th 26% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 6th -0.1pp 16th 36% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 17th +0.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.0pp 18th 30% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 27th +0.1pp 19th 44% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 19th +0.6pp 20th 8% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 9th +0.6pp 21st 19% below peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 100% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 20th +1.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 28th +2.3pp 24th 86% above peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 13th +1.4pp 25th 7% below peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 7th +1.1pp 26th 25% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 31st +3.8pp 27th 114% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 30th +3.9pp 28th 108% above peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 25th +3.2pp 29th 38% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 5th +1.9pp 30th 41% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 4th +1.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 145,710 to 158,735 - more than the combined survey margin (±96). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (146,341 to 158,735).
Big move 158,735
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 9th +18% 1st 3% above peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 17th +15% 2nd on par with peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 21st +14% 3rd 1% below peers
Denton, TX 152,866 23rd +12% 4th 2% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 12th +9% 5th 1% above peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 13th +9% 6th 1% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 5th +6% 7th 8% above peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 31st +5% 8th 7% below peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 7th +5% 9th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 24th +5% 10th 3% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 27th +4% 11th 5% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 6th +4% 12th 7% above peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 8th +4% 13th 3% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 3rd +3% 14th 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 28th +2% 15th 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 30th +2% 16th 7% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 16th +2% 17th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 25th +2% 18th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 26th +2% 19th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 4th +2% 20th 9% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 29th +2% 21st 6% below peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 18th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 19th +2% 23rd 1% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 22nd +1% 24th 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 15th +1% 25th on par with peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 20th +0% 26th 1% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 11th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 14th -0% 28th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 2nd -1% 29th 9% above peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 1st -2% 30th 10% above peers
Corona, CA 159,670 10th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.3% then, 27.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.6% to 27.6%).
Big move 27.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 21.8% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Charleston, SC 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 14th +0.3pp 2nd 3% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 6th +0.4pp 3rd 23% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 26th -0.0pp 4th 20% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 19th -0.0pp 5th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 4th -0.1pp 6th 25% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 11th -0.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 7th -0.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 27th -0.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 10th 31% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 10th -0.6pp 11th 10% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 13th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 17th -0.5pp 13th 7% below peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 14th 30% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 24th -0.7pp 15th 15% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 16th 24% above peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 16th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 18th 30% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 22nd -1.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 20th -1.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 25th -1.3pp 21st 19% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 8th -2.0pp 22nd 18% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 23rd -1.5pp 23rd 14% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 15th -2.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 9th -2.4pp 25th 15% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 21st -1.9pp 26th 13% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 18th -2.3pp 27th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 30th -2.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 12th -3.3pp 29th 8% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 29th -2.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 31st -2.7pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (54.6% then, 54.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 54.0%).
Big move 54.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 26.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 28th +3.8pp 1st 50% below peers
Salinas, CA 43.8% 9th +9.2pp 2nd 38% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 13th +5.8pp 3rd 17% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 2nd +7.3pp 4th 100% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 10th +4.5pp 5th 36% above peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 20th +1.4pp 6th 17% below peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 8th +2.3pp 7th 42% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 7th +2.1pp 8th 47% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 9th 71% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 10th 72% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 11th 56% below peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 26th +0.3pp 12th 29% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 16th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 18th -0.1pp 14th 14% below peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 6th -0.6pp 15th 71% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 15th -0.6pp 16th 5% above peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 3rd -1.0pp 17th 76% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 18th 101% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 11th -1.1pp 19th 21% above peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 12th -1.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 21st 58% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 25th -1.7pp 22nd 26% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 21st -2.0pp 23rd 19% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 19th -2.3pp 24th 14% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 23rd -2.1pp 25th 22% below peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 17th -2.7pp 26th 6% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 14th -4.2pp 27th 12% above peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 24th -3.9pp 28th 22% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 27th -4.0pp 29th 44% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 22nd -6.3pp 30th 22% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 29th -5.8pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.7% then, 64.4% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 64.4%).
64.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 72.4% +4.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 19% above peers
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 26th +9.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 18th +9.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 6th +9.3pp 4th 10% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 29th +6.0pp 5th 10% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 7th 15% above peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 13th +5.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 15th +5.7pp 9th on par with peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 10th 19% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 19th +3.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 9th +4.0pp 12th 4% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 8th +3.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 25th +3.5pp 14th 6% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 21st +3.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 11th +2.8pp 16th 2% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 10th +1.7pp 17th 3% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 22% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 14th -1.3pp 21st 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 22nd 13% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 20th -2.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 7th -3.4pp 24th 9% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 24th -3.2pp 25th 6% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 26th 5% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 27th -4.4pp 27th 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 28th 16% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 12th -6.3pp 29th 2% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 17th -7.7pp 30th 1% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 28th -10.2pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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